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'''Walter Licht''' (born July 15, 1946) is an American [[historian]] specializing in [[Labor history of the United States|labor history]], [[economic history]], and the history of American [[capitalism]] |
'''Walter Licht''' (born July 15, 1946) is an American [[historian]] specializing in [[Labor history of the United States|labor history]], [[economic history]], and the history of American [[capitalism]]. He is currently Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. |
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== Life and career == |
== Life and career == |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University University of Chicago Princeton University |
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Fields | Labor history, Economic history |
Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
Walter Licht (born July 15, 1946) is an American historian specializing in labor history, economic history, and the history of American capitalism. He is currently Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Life and career
Licht earned his B.A. at Harvard University and an M.A. in Sociology at the University of Chicago before moving to Princeton University where he completed an M.A. and Ph.D in History.
He is a Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania since 1977, where he is also the faculty director of the Civic House and the Penn Civic Scholars Program.
Works
- American Capitalisms: The U.S. Economy in Historic World Perspective. (Princeton University Press, forthcoming)
- The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century (Cornell University Press, 2005) ISBN 978-0801484735.
- Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840–1950 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992/2000) ISBN 978-0812217193.
- Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995) ISBN 978-0801850141.
- Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950 (Temple University Press, 1986) ISBN 978-0877223412.
- Working For The Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century (Princeton University Press, 1983/2014) ISBN 978-0691609973.
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